Southland

Due to a crash on SH1 Woodlands, at the intersection of Edendale-Woodlands Highway and Forbes Rd is currently CLOSED between SH98 Lorne-Dacre Rd and Grove Bush-Woodlands Rd. A car hit a power pole around 7:20pm – no injuries, the road is closed for a time while power contractors dealt with the power

There is the Kiwi accent. And then there is the Southland accent. Linguists from the University of Canterbury are studying the accent’s distinctive features and how it is has developed over time, and their research is changing our understanding of its history. In particular, they say that older Sout

whatsoninvers.nz caught up with former Southland radio personality Chris Diack on the 38th birthday of Foveaux Radio. Chris’s radio career began with Foveaux Radio months before the station went live to air on May 2nd 1981. He said there was a small group of people who set up the station’s equipment

One person is in a serious condition after two motorcycles crashed near Mount Linton. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson confirmed they are in attendance and the emergency helicopter is in transit. A police spokesperson said Police were called to a crash at the intersection of Run 47 Road and Stuan F

Police can now name the woman who died after a quad bike rolled on a rural property in Chaslands, west of Papatowai, on Thursday 9 May. She was Alice Shirley Mackenzie, aged 83, of Tokanui, Southland District. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.

Plan for weekday delays of up to five minutes while work is carried out on the SH99 Oreti Bridge near Wallacetown from 8 May until August 2019. Allow extra time for your journey. Work involves relocating fibre optic cables along the length of the bridge and removing the bridge parapet and replacing

Police are appealing for witnesses following a traffic incident in Southland. A large four-wheel-drive vehicle was seen speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road with its lights off on State Highway 6 at Ryal Bush about 7pm yesterday. The vehicle was a light colour at the front, possibly wh

NZRDA members throughout the country, including here in the Southern district, have again voted to strike, this time for five days., scheduled to run from April 29-May 4, would have considerable effect on hospital health services. While our contingency planning team is working to minimise the effect